As covered in
The Guardian
Philip Cooney, who was chief of staff of the White House council on environmental quality, quit his job two days after a report released by a watchdog group, the government accountability project, showed he had deleted some paragraphs and edited others drafted by government scientists.
The White House said his departure was "completely unrelated" to last week's disclosure. "Mr Cooney has long been considering his options following four years of service to the administration," said White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino. "He'd accumulated many weeks of leave, and decided to resign and take the summer off."
Mr Cooney, a lawyer with no science background, previously worked for the American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies for oil firms.
A small victory eeked out over a weekend. But we need need to make sure this gets the coverage that it deserves as the tip of a melting iceberg of science policy manipulation
I suspect it won't get much coverage during the news week, but is a good basis for letter writing. Please god, let somebody do a good investigative followup in the MSM